Bourgeoisie
This term describes the group of wealthy elites, such as business, political, and corporate leaders, who shaped the Texas Grid
Power Elite
What year did Storm Uri occur?
2021
This economic idea promoted free markets and less government regulation in Texas.
Neoliberalism
During Storm Uri, a woman in a Senior home died due to what cause?
Hypothermia
This famous romance movie shows a ship sinking after hitting an iceberg
Titanic
What was the Texas grid designed to maximize, even at the cost of safety?
Profit
This organization manages the Texas power grid and ordered blackouts during the crisis.
Ercot
What is the type of market that became prominent in Texas, in which companies only pay for the electricity used?
Energy only market
Disabled people are this many times more likely to die in disasters.
2-4 times
The last survivors of a frozen Earth live on a constantly moving train, where strict class divisions determine access to resources, showing how infrastructure and inequality shape survival during a disaster.
Snowpiercer
Enron
These outages were supposed to rotate but instead lasted for days for many Texans.
This shifted responsibility for managing risk from energy companies to everyday consumers
Deregulation
What was State or City was Tim Boyd (Facebook weirdo) the mayor of?
Colorado City, Arizona
What female Shameless star co-leads in the 2004 disaster film "The Day After Tomorrow"
Emmy Rossum
What year did the biggest energy company go out of business?
2001
This energy source caused the largest supply failure during the crisis due to poor weatherization.
natural gas
This failure occurred because companies were not required to prepare infrastructure for extreme cold
Weatherization
This Texas city avoided disaster due to better infrastructure and connections.
El Paso
What year did the apocalyptic disaster film 2012 release?
2009
A tactic to market energy as a product rather than a necessity
Consumer choice
What other major international crisis was occurring simultaneously to Storm Uri?
Covid-19
This phrase describes how companies can profit during disasters through price spikes and scarcity
Disaster Capitalism
This concept describes society assuming everyone is able-bodied.
Able-bodiedness
What fictional disaster film franchise has featured a staggering range of celebrity cameos, including David Hasselhoff, Tony Hawk, Jared from Subway, Ne-Yo, Mark Cuban & Abby Lee Miller?
Sharknado